Island Girls Rock - Zine Lab 2025

Hello, I’m Chantal, founder of Island Girls Rock

This year, we’re launching Bloom Where You’re Planted: Zine Lab 2025, a 14 day creative program in Nevis that gives our girls space to express themselves through writing, collage, photography, and self-publishing their very own zines, centred on the theme: Caribbean Girlhood.

Zines are handmade booklets, but they’re also declarations: I exist. I matter. I have something to say.

Originally planned for summer, we are now running the program from October through November (on consecutive Saturdays) , giving us more time to raise the funding required and to accommodate the girls who will be attending.

Island Girls Rock has always been a labour of love. We are a nonprofit. We don’t charge girls and young women to participate, because we believe creativity, healing, and self-expression shouldn’t come with a price tag. But the truth is, these programs do carry real costs.

We’re raising £2,750 GBP/$3700 USD to help cover:

• Materials and supplies

• Meals for participants

• Printing and production of the zines

• Artist facilitation and mentorship

If you believe in making space for girls to tell their stories,

if you believe in the importance of nurturing Caribbean girlhood with care, creativity, and intention, we would love your support.

No amount is too small.

And if you can’t give right now, please consider sharing this campaign: https://gofund.me/6b18e392

We can’t do it alone.

But together, we can make sure that the girls create something unforgettable this year.